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STORAGE APPARATUS.

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Y' vUNITED STATES PATENT FFME@ JAMES M.l DODGE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE 4DODGE `COAL STORAGE COMPANY, OF NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, A

CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

STORAGE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,566, dated March 22, 1904.

Original application led April 30, 1903, Serial No. 155,062. Divided and this application filed .T une 11, 190B. Serial No. 161,012. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES M. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Im- 5 proveniente in Storage Apparatus, of which the following is a' specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus for storing material such as coal and ore in bulk by a movable appa- 'io ratuds, so that the pile can be of any length desire My invention is a modication of the device illustrated and claimed in an application for patent filed by me on the 30th day of April,

I5 1903, Serial No. 155,062.

. The object of my present invention is to provide an apparatus whereby the material is conveyed to the elevator on the moving structure by means of a belt running parallel with the 2 o track on which the structure is mounted. This object I attain Vin the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of my improved piling 2 5 structure, showing the trestle-work in section. Fig. 2 is a plan View, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. l.

A is the piling-door. At one side of the piling-floor is a wall A, on which is a track o, and some distance from this wall are piers A2, supporting the beams a2, carrying the rail a. B is a frame made in the form of a truss and shaped as clearly shown in Fig. l. This frame has a series of wheels b b, which are mounted on the tracks a a. The weight of the structure is sucient to counterbalance the overhanging extension B of the frame. The frame is arranged on an incline, and mounted thereon is a conveyer-chute c, over which pass the iiights c of the conveyer C. These flights are attached to an endless chain in the ordinary manner common tonight-conveyers.

The conveyer C passes around sheaves c2 c3 at the inner end of the structure and around a sheave ci at the extreme outer end of the structure. Any one of these sheaves may be `to any point.

driven from an engine or motor in the shelter B2 carried by the frame B.

The ixed structure, consisting ot' the wall 5 and piers, may extend any length desired, according to the length of the piling-Hoor, and the structure B can be traversed on the rails In the present instance I have shown a power-shaft e, geared to two shafts 5 e' c2 by bevel-gears, which in turn are geared by bevel-wheels to the axles of one set oi' the traction-wheels; but other means of imparting motion to the structure may be adopted Without departing from my invention.

In order to charge the conveyer C with material, I provide an endless-belt conveyer D, which travels at right angles to the conveyer C on the movable structure B, and may be of any length desired. The belt is supported on suitable rollers and guides CZ CZ, carried by brackets D', projecting from the piers A2 in the present instance, and in order to transfer the material carried by this belt to the conveyer C, I allow the belt to pass around two 7 discharge-wheels Z2 cl3, which are mounted in suitable bearings in the frame carried by the structure B, and I preferably arrange above the carrying-run of the conveyer C a hopper F, which receives the material as it is discharged from .the carrying-belt D and feeds it to the conveyer C.

In order to guide the belt D up to the discharge-wheel cl2, I provide an inclined frameL g on one side of the structure B, and this frame has Wheels g', which travel on the track a', and carries friction-rollers for supporting the belt. Thus the discharge apparatus for the belt is movable with the structure B, and consequently there is no independent adjusti ment required when the structure B is traversed from one point to another.

In the present instance I have shown a counterweight I, of concrete or other suitable material, to counterbalance the overhauging porf tion B of the structure B.

The conveyer C may discharge the material at the extreme end oi' the overhanging eXtension B or may discharge it at any point desired throughout the length of the said eXtension. I preferably provide a series of doors in. the chute, any one of which can be opened to allow the material to be discharged. An apron may be used in place oi' the doors, and this apron may be constructed as shown in the patent granted to me on the 17th day of February, 1891, numbered 446,436.

While I have shown an endless-belt conveyer, it will be understood that any equivalent of the belt may be used without departing from my invention.

' I claim as my invention"- 1.. 'Ihe combination of a track, a structure movableon saidtrack, a discharge-conveyer carried by said structure, an endless-belt conveyer mounted parallel with the track, and means for feeding the conveyer on the moving structure from the belt, said discharge mechanism being mounted on the movable structure, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a piling-floor, atrack at one sideof the piling-hoor, a movable structure mounted on the track and having an extension overhanging the piling-floor, a conveyer on the extension, an endless-belt conveyer mounted parallel with the track, discharge mechanism for said belt conveyer carried by the moving structure, a hopper on the moving structure so situated as to receive material as it is discharged from the endless-belt conveyer and to feed it to the conveyer olf the moving structure, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a storage structure, A

of, a piling-Hoor, a wall at one side of the floor, a series of piers projecting from the pilingiioor some distance' from the wall and at a greater height than the said wall, rails mounted on the wall and on the piers, a movable 4structure having an extension, the said structure being arranged on an incline and having wheels mounted on the said rails, an endless conveyer on the said moving structure, said conveyer arranged to carry material up the .extension and discharge it above the piling- JAMES M. DODGE. Witnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

